OCMC FileScanner is an efficient and straightforward software utility whose main purpose resides in helping you locate important files and folders in a fraction of the time it would take the equivalent tool in your operating system’ File Explorer.

The application features a very neatly-structured and accessible user interface, the main window allowing you to configure the search preferences and view a list of the files discovered on your system.

From the ‘Options’ tab of OCMC FileScanner, you can further define the search areas as well as the file types to look for, along with the corresponding extensions.

After launching the program, it will by default analyze and list all the files it finds on your C: drive, in just a matter of seconds. To filter the results and locate your document, you can opt for a ‘Date Modified’ time period, for instance ‘Today’, ‘Week’, ‘Month’, ‘3 Months’ or between a preferred time interval, displaying only items matching this criterion.

Moreover, OCMC FileScanner enables you to further refine the operation by selecting a specific ‘File Category’, such as ‘PDF’, ‘Archive’, ‘Excel’, ‘Picture’, ‘Web’, ‘Video’, ‘Text’, ‘Music’ and various others. Of course, you can also use the document’s name to reveal the matching results.

To identify your file, you can even preview it in a side panel (supporting this feature for Word, TXT and RTF documents as well as images,). In addition, you can open it in its default software just by double-clicking it or you can access its containing directory.

From the ‘Options’ section, you can set the ‘Folders To Scan’ and the ‘Folders To Exclude’, create a ‘Global Hotkey’ or decide which ‘File Categories To Scan’. You can also run the application at Windows startup, so you can work with it whenever you need.

In conclusion, OCMC FileScanner represents a useful and effective alternative to your regular computer searcher, as it can quickly and successfully find the document you need to work with and even let you preview it.